Chapter 268 - 267 - Gloria.

Looking at the map once again, Meduz decided to walk towards Risrid.

Not knowing exactly how far it was from the forest to Risrid, Meduz wondered if she should even do that, but after a while, she decided to head get more information.

Since she had regained her speed, it wouldn't take that long.

So going northeast, she started running between the trees to get out of the forest and reach Risrid.

And many hours passed. Inside the forest, she encountered only wild animals that were easily killed despite their great strength and speed.

And when it was evening, she finally managed to get out of the forest safely.

"Haaa~~ Fortunately, I didn't encounter any demons or anything like that. Just the animals were enough to make me use all my strength." Meduz said as she sighed with relief.

She then began to slowly walk across the plain she had found after crossing the forest.

"It's quite a wide place, there aren't even any trees around here. Just grass and flowers... It's a beautiful place. I think I'll walk during the night, it's not a good idea to camp here."

Afraid of being attacked, Meduz decided to stay awake during the night and continued walking across the long plain.

Along the way, she encountered some armadillo-like animals, some giant bats flying in the sky, and also some goblins.

Unlike the previous world, the goblins were the size of a human and had toned muscles. Their strength was high and the weapons and armor they used were of high quality.

In addition, they were intelligent and talked to each other as if they were human, but in a language that Meduz could not understand.

Fortunately, even though they were intelligent and had some strength, they were still low-ranking monsters, so they were all killed by Meduz.

Using only her claws, she began to cut off the heads of all of them.

They had strength but were poor in speed. Unable to keep up with Meduz's movements, the group of goblins was wiped out.

"It was easier than I thought, but surprisingly, goblins here are so strong. Why did Zeus create such a difficult world? Maybe the strength of the world has to do with the strength of its creator? I never asked my master about that."

Thoughtfully, Meduz followed her walk across the green plain until the sun rose.

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When the sun rose, Meduz found a huge precipice. When the end of the plain came, Meduz found nothing but a large hole opened in the ground.

Just below it was a waterfall that flowed down the wall and into a lake.

Next to the lake was a lot of vegetation, it was like an oasis.

"Should I go around this hole or should I jump down there? It might be fun to jump straight down from up here into that lake." Meduz almost let her childish instincts overpower her, but she controlled herself.

"No, I should move on to find some town." She cleared her mind and then started to go around the big hole.

It was a hole with kilometers of diameter, so she used her speed.

As she ran around the hole, she started looking down to see if she could find anything, but she found nothing but a big lake of blue water with some giant fish.

When she reached the end of the hole, she found a steep dirt slope leading down to the lake, so she decided to go down.

When she got there, she looked around and saw nothing but the earth walls and some trees that were growing there.

And in the middle was the lake that was quite intimidating.

When Meduz approached it, she was suddenly attacked by a huge fish with sharp teeth that bit the edge of the lake and almost swallowed her.

Because of this Meduz decided to climb the dirt ramp again get out of that huge hole and stay away from that lake.

But she marked this place in her mind because it would be a nice place to visit later. It was very interesting.

After getting out of the hole, she kept moving towards Risrid. And with her speed, she managed to find the first town just as it was getting dark.

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When Meduz approached the town she noticed that the wall that was normally made of brick was made of iron. The gate was also made entirely of iron which made the town look like a military fort.

'Or maybe this place is a military fort?' Curious, Meduz knocked a few times on the gate.

After a few seconds had passed, someone shouted Meduz.

"Who's there?!" It was a loud, high-pitched voice that sounded like a woman's.

Meduz in surprise turned away from the gate and looked up.

Since the moon was behind the back of the person standing on the wall, Meduz could not see the exact appearance of that person.

But from the silhouette, she could imagine that was a half-animal person.

Pointed ears and a tail just behind its body.

"I am a visitor, could you please let me in?!" Meduz shouted for the person on the wall to hear.

"A visitor? Where did you come from?" 

"I came from the snow mountain a few kilometers from here. I was staying in the mountain ogre village!"

"In the ogre village? Are you sure?"

"That's right. Don't worry, I'm not someone dangerous."

"Okay, don't go anywhere. I'll come down and check it out."

"Sure."

After that, the half-animal woman climbed down from over the wall and disappeared.

Next, the iron gate began to open.

As soon as it opened, a different person than Meduz expected came out.

It was a woman... Or a man.

She had a feminine voice, long red hair tied back behind her head, a slender body, extremely cute and well-groomed ears, and a tail. But it was strange, her face was very masculine and he/she had no breasts.

'Maybe she is an under-breasted woman?'

"So you are like that. I couldn't see you very well from up there. Are you by any chance of the demon race? What are you doing here?"

Speechless because of the appearance of the woman/man, Meduz eventually became speechless.

"Hey, I'm talking to you."

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm just a little confused. You have long hair, light eyes, you have a female body, you have a female voice, but your face has a male appearance and you don't have breasts... You wear female armor and clothing..."

"Why does everyone always ask me that when they first meet me?"

"I'm sorry if I'm offending you."

"Don't worry, I'd like you to call me 'She' please."

"So you're a girl..."

"Not exactly."

"?" 

"I am a man, but I like to be treated like a woman. Did it get easier to understand that way?"

"I think I understand... But why? Isn't being a man better?"

"Haaa~~ I don't want to talk about that kind of subject here. All right, now give me an ID of your own."

'It's a little strange, but I guess I should respect her choice...' 

"An ID? I'm sorry, but I don't have one."

"You don't have one? Aren't you part of the guild or do you have your ID card with you? Everyone gets one when they're born, you know."

"Oh, I'm sorry about that, I'm from a very distant land, so I didn't know about that."

"Strange..." The girl looked suspiciously at Meduz but then sighed.

"Okay, you can come in, but make sure you create an ID as soon as possible. And if you try to do anything weird, I'll finish you off, understand?" Letting her murderous intent slip, Meduz realized that she shouldn't piss that person off.

'She's much stronger than me, scary.' Meduz swallowed her saliva. 

She then entered the town accompanied by the half-animal girl.

"Excuse me, may I know your name?" 

"My name is Gloria."

"Pleasure, my name is Meduz."

"Good for you. Now create an ID and bring it to me so I can register it."

"Oh, right." Meduz smiled bitterly and then walked away.

Walking down the dirt street a bit, she soon realized that the diversity of races throughout the city was enormous. 

And she also realized that she had not asked about the location of the guild.

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Walking around the city for a while and asking people of different races for information, Meduz managed to get to the adventurer's guild.

It was not a large guild. From the number of residents and the distance from the walls, Meduz could tell that it was not a large city.

So it made sense for the guild to have this structure.

"Excuse me, I would like to make a guild card." As soon as he found the guild, Meduz approached the counter and spoke to one of the receptionists.

The guild was practically empty, so she was attended to as soon as she arrived.

"Oh, sure." With a smile on her face, the receptionist bent down and picked up a paper and pen so Meduz could sign a few things.

Her name, the weapon used, age, magic, and things like that.

Meduz filled all that out quickly and soon received her guild license.

After getting her guild card, Meduz looked at it and noticed that her Rank was at F.

'Whatever, I'll use that for identification and just it.' She shrugged and left the guild.. After that, she walked towards the gate again to talk to Gloria.